Between nineteen seventy
And twenty eighteen
We successfully depleted
Wildlife worldwide
By seventy percent,
Mainly through hunting
And habitat extinction.
An extraordinary achievement
In anybody’s book!
Wildlife that won’t submit
To being cattle or a pet
Or living in a zoo
Is being successfully
Put to death.
Unfortunately, our efforts
In the same period
To deplete ourselves
Through war, starvation,
Murder, poverty,
Slavery, pollution,
Preventable disease,
Drug addiction, distress,
Traffic accidents,
Lack of regulation
And environmental degradation
Have proven
Stubbornly ineffectual.
Perhaps climate catastrophe
Will be the solution.
